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STRONGS NUMBER H1572

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Word Summary
gama: to swallow (liquids)
Original Word: גָּמָא
Transliteration: gama
Phonetic Spelling: (gaw-maw')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to swallow (liquids)
Meaning: to swallow (liquids)
Strong's Concordance
swallow, drink

A primitive root (literally or figuratively) to absorb -- swallow, drink.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H1572. gama

[גָּמָא‎] verb swallow (liquids), (Late Hebrew id.; compare Aramaic גְּמַע גְּמָא,‎, ; perhaps compare also Ethiopic jar, vessel see Di) —

Pi`el Imperfect יְגַמֶּאאֶֿרֶץ‎ Job 39:24 figurative of horse in swift gallop; (this, however, possibly denominative from גּוּמָּא‎ Late Hebrew, Aramaic גּוּמְּתָא‎, pit, hollow, i.e. he makes [paws or stamps] hollows in the earth).

Hiph`il Imperative feminine singular suffix מְעַטמַֿיִם נָא הַגְמִיאִינִי‎ Genesis 24:17 let me drink a little water, pray.





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